McLaren chairman Ron Dennis has admitted Fernando Alonso's place on the grid at the first race in Australia is uncertain, but he expects the Spaniard to be declared fit to race by doctors and the sport's governing body.

The Death Row Records co-founder was taken to hospital for a third time after appearing in court after telling the Los Angeles judge he has been suffering from serious health complications and receiving inadequate treatment while in custody over a murder charge.

The Death Row Records co-founder was taken to hospital for a third time after appearing in court after telling the Los Angeles judge he has been suffering from serious health complications and receiving inadequate treatment while in custody over a murder charge.

From the indie band that brought you melodically spelt out words, obtusely offbeat drums, and an oriental string instrument, comes another album that seems to be about everyday occurrences in the trio’s flat.

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Trisha Ahmed, the daughter of slain atheist blogger and Bengali writer Avijit Roy is urging everyone to share his story in this letter that first appeared on Facebook, and was then republished at the International Humanist and Ethical Union.

The Right2Know Campaign intends challenging the Protection of State Information Bill in the Constitutional Court should it be signed into law in its present form.

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"The secrecy bill remains a threat to our democracy and we will continue our campaign to stop the secrecy bill," the movement, which was born in opposition to the official secrets draft law, said on Wednesday.

"If Parliament fails to introduce the necessary amendments and President [Jacob] Zuma signs it into law, the Right2Know will take the fight to the Constitutional Court."

ANC MPs on the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) ad hoc committee handling the bill approved a report adopting the legislation, while opposition MPs walked out in protest on Tuesday.

It is scheduled to be debated in the council on Thursday, and is likely to be passed thanks to the ruling party's majority.

The bill will then be sent back to the National Assembly for approval before the president can sign it.

Right2Know said despite last-minute amendments, the bill still clashed with the constitutional rights to freedom of information and expression and was likely to lead to over-classification.

It criminalised mere possession of secret documents and publication of classified information, even that which was already in the public domain.

The group said lawmakers had also failed to sufficiently narrow down the definition of national security as the rationale for classification, leaving room for security officials to suppress disclosures in the public interest.

"The secrecy bill still carries the fingerprints of the securocrats who have remained the 'hidden hand' behind this process from the start."

MPs should vote with their conscience and reject the bill, it said.

The SA National Editor's Forum also said the bill remained a threat to democracy and urged NCOP members to reject it and force a redraft.

"We call on members to take this final opportunity to reject it outright, by voting against the bill.

"By doing so, they can send a clear message that the Protection of State Information Bill must be thoroughly redrafted to ensure that state secrecy is narrowly defined, the powers of bureaucrats and security officials limited, and basic constitutional principles respected."